Fence-anchor.



W. P. CrR-AIUIIS.v FENCE ANCHOR. APPL'IOATION FILED 11511.27, 1912.

L02?, 123. Patented May 21, 1912.

.ting under such fence.

this recess at their lower portions, are' beveled outwardly as shown at 6, betweeu WILLIAM P. GRANNIS, OF KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.

FENCE-ANCHOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM'P. GRANNIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kendallville, in the county of Noble and State of Indiana, 'have invented a new and useful'Fence-Anchor; and I do hereby de? clare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, suchl as will` enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention'relates to a new and useful fence anchor. i

The principal object of the invention is to provide a sheet metal anchor plate or inemberhaving a curved end adapted to be embedded inthe ground, immediately below the fence wire, and provided with a wire projecting up Jfrom the ground, so as'to hold the fence wires downl close to thesuri'ace of the ground,i as shown in Figure 2, so as to prevent cattle andthe like from get- A further object of the invention is to provide new and novel means, to which the anchor may be firmly fastened, whereby the anchor may be driven into the ground and allowed to remain.

One of the features of the invention is the provision of novel means for hrmly connecting the anchor to the driving means.

'.lh-e invention comprises further features and combination of parts, asi-hereinafter set lorth, shown in the drawn-lgs and claimed.

lin the drawings z--Fig l is a view in perspective, showing the driving nieaiis in the act otE forcing the fence anchor into the ground. Fig. 2 is a view in elevatioiroil a tence, showing the ground in section, with vthe aiichorin position therein, and the cable Fig. C', is a between it and the fence wires. sectional view on line.3-3 of lfig. l. Fig. ft, is a perspective view of the lower end oi the driving member or bar, showing the anchor in readiness to be connected thereto.

Referring toI the drawings 1 designates the driving member or bar, the upper end of which 'is provided with a cut; 2, While the l'ower portion terminates iii a broadened llat ,portion 3 having a vertical inclined recess iii Aone of its broad laces.l

'lhis recess is denoted by the numeral 4, the inner wall oi which recess is inclined. theside walls ol' which one of' the pointed ends 7 of the substantially diamond shapezsheet metal an- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led January 27, 1912. Serial .No. 673,908.

i chor 8 is arranged, whereby the driving member or bai-.may act as means for forcing the anchor in the ground. The lpointed end 7 is bent outwardly in the ground. The

Patented May 21, 1912.

diamond shape anchor is formed with an aperture 9 and a. recess 10 in one of its edges. Passing through the aperture is a flexible Wire 11, which is also seated in the recess. When it is desired to drive the anchor in the ground, the same is arranged between the outwardly beveled lower-portions 6, as shown in Fig. 1, after which the freeend of the wire 11 is coiled about the vertical body portion 12 of the driving member or bar 1, that is, subsequently to being seated in the recess 2. The vertical portion 12 l of thewire lies against and parallel.

with the driving member or bar, and coiled portion .of the wire holds the vertical porvtion 12a in such position. By this method of connecting the wire, the anchor is seeurely fastened to the driving member. or bar; The outwardly beveled portion 6 of the side walls of the recess 4 are undercutas shown at 6, so as to prevent outward dis.

placement of the anchor relative to the driving member or bar.

After the anchor has been driven in the ground the wire is detached from the driving member or bar and the bar withdrawn. AY pulling action is tlien imparted to the wire 11, which will cause the anchor toy aslsuine the position as shown in Fig.v2, thus firmly anchoring the lower endof the Wire Il beneath the ground. `By virtue ofthe outwardly bent or curved end 7, thc anchor will loe forced to assume the position shown in liig. 2, when the pulling action is iinparted upon the wire 11. After the wire has been anchored as shown in liig. 2, the upper portion thereof is connected at L5 to the lower wire olfihe tence, thusl holding the saine substantially close to the surface of the ground, thereby preventing hogs from passing thereunder.

ln the drawings there is disclosed only one Foi-in of the invention, but in practiral fields, this l'orin may require' altei'atioiis,to which the applicant' is entitled, provided alterations are coniprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

' 'llie invention havingbeen set forth, what. is claimed as new and uselul is:

l. liicoinbination, a driving :i broadened flattened lower end rovided with a vertical recess therein, the side walls bar havingllt)V of the recess terminating in outwardly ex- "to receive a point of the fence anchor theretending undercut lower portions, adapted to receive a substantially diamond shaped anchor, and means for holding the anchor to the bar, the means also constituting means for holding a fence Wire close to the ground.

2. In a combination, a fence anchor driving bar having a broadened flattened vend provided With a vertical recess therein, the side Walls of the recess terminating in out- Wardly extending lower portions adapted between, and a Wire connectin to the anchor and arranged against an with the bar .and connected thereto. l In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this'specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WL'LiAM r. GRANNIs.

Witnesses:

H. H. WILDMAN, L. L. VVILDMANv parallel 15 

